Devan Shimoyama Spotlights Striking Portraiture For Upcoming Exhibition

Devan Shimoyama is an African-American visual artist based in Philadelphia. His works are mainly comprised of self-portraiture and visual narratives that reference classical mythology and allegory. Most notably, Shimoyama aims to portray the " the black queer male body as both desirable and desirous," as per NYC's De Buck Gallery. Shimoyama will soon be the subject of an exhibition at De Buck entitled "Shh..." that features portraits of close friends and self-portraits. "Black people are reading...